EPISTASY is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. EPISTASY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EPISTASY?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EPISTASY is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EPISTASY
No single letter turns EPISTASY into another word.
How EPISTASY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in EPISTASY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so EPISTASY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does EPISTASY mean in Scrabble?
noun
medicaltechnical
The suppression of a genetic effect, or in older medicine the stopping of a bodily discharge.
Geneticists now prefer the form epistasis for a gene masking the effect of another, but epistasy appears in older and variant usage. The medical meaning has fallen out of use. Readers should check the context to see which sense is meant.
How EPISTASY is used
Rare variant found in genetics and older medical texts.
- The breeder noted epistasy between the two colour genes.
- An old medical text described epistasy of the blood.
- Epistasy can hide a trait that is present in the genome.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EPISTASY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in EPISTASY
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Common questions about EPISTASY
- Is EPISTASY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EPISTASY, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EPISTASY worth?
- EPISTASY is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EPISTASY mean?
- The suppression of a genetic effect, or in older medicine the stopping of a bodily discharge.
- What letters can be added to EPISTASY?
- No single letter can be added to EPISTASY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of EPISTASY:
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